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Act I Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Predilection | Preexisting liking; preference |
| Ingratiating | Having a quality that brings oneself into favor; charming or flattering |
| Autocracy | unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group. |
| Dissembling | Disguising one’s real nature or motives; pretense |
| Propriety | Conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
| Goody | Title used for a married woman; short of Goodwife |
| Providence | A manifestation of divine care or direction |
| Motif | A reoccurring subject, theme, idea, etc. |
| Partisan | A supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance |
| Faction | A group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like |
| Calumny | False accusation; slander |
| Wintry | as in lack of warmth or cheer |
| Prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. |
| Inferentially | of, relating to, or derived from inference |
| Contiguous | in close proximity; bordering |
| Iniquity | A violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin |
| Bewildered | completely puzzled or confused; perplexed |
| Bemused | confused |
| Inculcation | teaching by repetition and insistent urging |
| Inquisition | General tribunal established in the 13th century for the discovery and suppression of beliefs and opinions opposed to the orthodox doctrines of the Church. |
| Succubi | Female demons thought to lie on a sleeping man |
| Abrogation | Abolishment |
| Congerie | Heap; pile |
| Arbiter | A person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge |
| Scourge | A person or thing that applies or administers punishment or sever criticism |
| Communing | to converse or talk together |
| Propitiation | Action designed to soothe or satisfy a person, a cause, etc; conciliation |
| Klatches | Informal gatherings |
| Fetishes | Objects believed to have magical power |
| Lascivious | inclined to lustfulness; lewd |
| Yeomanry | landowners who cultivated their own land |
| Exaltation- | feeling of intense well-being or exhilaration |
| Incubi- | Spirits or demons thought to lie on a sleeping woman |
| Licentious | Lacking moral restraint; disregarding accepted rules, especially in moral conduct. |
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